Robert Rhett

Robert Rehett (21 December 1800 - 14 September 1876) was a US Senator from South Carolina (D) from 18 December 1850 to 7 May 1852 (succeeding Robert Barnwell and preceding William F. De Saussure).

Biography
Robert Rehett was born in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1800.He was an advocate for succession and a member of conservative Democratic Party. Rehett was a member of the South Carolina legislature from 1826 to 1832. In 1832, he served as the South Carolina Attorney General. He was member of the House of Representatives. He was against the Tariff of 1842. He led the Bluffton Movement. He opposed the Compromise of 1850. He attended the Nashville Convention of 1850. He formed a Southern National Party. In 1852, he resigned his Senate Seat.